Hi I play a dragon born and in my campaign I have been wrapped up by a magic carpet and was wondering if I used my breath weapon and got some on myself do I still take the damage? Or am I immune to my own breath weapon?
Depends on your DM, by the rules, it's impossible to hit yourself with it. If your DM insists on applying physics to magic, then you'll probably take damage.
If a spell or ability doesn't say that it does something, then it doesn't do that. I haven't seen any abilities in 5e that bounce the way a lightning bolt bounced in 3 and 3.5 so I would say that your breath weapon hits the carpet and doesn't affect you. Since it requires a Dexterity saving throw I'd probably roll with Disadvantage too.
If, for any reason, this magic carpet is actually a rug of smothering, then if you are smothered (grappled) the rug takes half the damage but the other half is transfered to you automatically.
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Hi I play a dragon born and in my campaign I have been wrapped up by a magic carpet and was wondering if I used my breath weapon and got some on myself do I still take the damage? Or am I immune to my own breath weapon?
Depends on your DM, by the rules, it's impossible to hit yourself with it. If your DM insists on applying physics to magic, then you'll probably take damage.
If a spell or ability doesn't say that it does something, then it doesn't do that. I haven't seen any abilities in 5e that bounce the way a lightning bolt bounced in 3 and 3.5 so I would say that your breath weapon hits the carpet and doesn't affect you. Since it requires a Dexterity saving throw I'd probably roll with Disadvantage too.
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You have a resistence to your own type of breath. For instance, if you are a red dragonborn you have Resistance to all fire attacks
If, for any reason, this magic carpet is actually a rug of smothering, then if you are smothered (grappled) the rug takes half the damage but the other half is transfered to you automatically.
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